Table 1Transition record

textile printertotextile finishing machine operator

A textile printer already meets 31% of what the textile finishing machine operator role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From textile printer

31%

Overlap1

To textile finishing machine operator

4 Skills carried over

7 Required, not held

59 Difficulty2

adjacent 0–30

moderate 30–55

substantial 55–75

career change 75–100

this move, 59

This move: 59 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the textile finishing machine operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the textile printer profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 4 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A textile finishing machine operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a textile printer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held manufacture braided products working with machinery and specialised equipment
already held textile printing technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
already held textile finishing technology engineering, manufacturing and construction
already held maintain work standards information skills

All 4 carried skills, including the 3 the textile finishing machine operator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 8 missing skills fall into 2 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 working with machinery and specialised equipment 5 required

required, not held finish processing of man-made fibres required
required, not held tend textile drying machines required
required, not held tend textile finishing machines required
required, not held tend textile washing machines required
required, not held use textile finishing machine technologies required

02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held dyeing technology required
required, not held textile chemistry required

optional, not held challenging issues in the textile industry optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a textile finishing machine operator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 4 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held maintain work standards skill
already held textile finishing technology knowledge
already held textile printing technology knowledge
already held manufacture braided products skill

1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held challenging issues in the textile industry optional

9 held skills the textile finishing machine operator role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role conduct textile testing operations skill
not needed by the target role control textile process skill
not needed by the target role decorate textile articles skill
not needed by the target role draw sketches to develop textile articles skill
not needed by the target role portfolio management in textile manufacturing knowledge
not needed by the target role prepare equipment for textile printing skill
not needed by the target role tend textile printing machines skill
not needed by the target role test physical properties of textiles skill
not needed by the target role use textile technique for hand-made products skill

3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier

required, not held dyeing technology required
required, not held textile chemistry required
optional, not held challenging issues in the textile industry optional

Index

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Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.